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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1653
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Herdschipe, n. [e.m.E. heardship (1601).] The office or charge of a shepherd. — 1653 Peebles B. Rec. II. 14.
Richart Porteous … acceptes of the said herdschipe, and is content of the said fie
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